Closure for containing vessels.



PATENTED SEPT. 3, 1907.

J. BRENZINGER. CLOSURE FOR CONTAINING VESSELS.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV.26. 1906.

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' UNITED STATES PAT N oEEioE.

JULIUS BRENZINGER, OF MOUNT VERNON, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO MAX AMSMACHINE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

CLOSURE FOR CONTAINING VESSELS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 3, 1907.

Application filed November 26,1906. Serial No. 345,039.

To all whom if may concern:

Be it known that I, J ULrUs BRENZINGER, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Mount Vernon, in the county of Westchester and Stateof New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inClosures for Containing Vessels, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to closures for bottles, jars and the like, moreparticularly contemplating an auxiliary closure for vessels adapted tocontain and preserve various food-stuffs, condiments and other productswhich deteriorate upon long exposure to the atmosphere.

I do not seek, so far as this invention is concerned, to improve uponthe manner in which such containers are usually hermetically sealed forthe purposes of transportation, storage and sale, preferring to employthe ordinary stopper of cork or other pliable and resilient material.But in-as-much as the usefulness of a stopper of this character is notinfrequently more or less impaired in the operation of removal and onthis or other accounts generally discarded, my invention contemplates anauxiliary closure, non-interferent with the additional use of the usualplug stopper, which will, after such stopper has been withdrawn anddiscarded, serve to adequately protect the contents of the vessel fromforeign matter, such as dust and dirt, and to a certain extent from theatmosphere, yet be easily and readily opened for the removal of portionsof the contents as desired, from time to time. I have in view,furthermore, a closure for containers of the character referred to, which shall be exceedingly simple and inexpensive, yet which willsatisfactorily protect even perishable contents during the compara-"tively short time in which such contents are dispensed from the vesselin which they are marketed, and a closure which, while securely attachedto the container when in use, is easily and readily applied thereto andremoved-therefrom without the employment of tools of machinery.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and inwhich Figure 1 is a side view of a bottle or jar equipped with a closureembodying my invention; Fig. 2 isa similar view with the closure in adifferent position;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the same, showing, in addition, the mannerin which the closure may be apertured, if'desired, for the reception ofa dipping ladle; Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the bottle top, showing aslight modification in the construction thereof, as hereinafter morefully explained, and Fig. 5 is a side view,

partly broken away, further illustrating the modification shown in Fig.4.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, for the purposes of descriptionI have shown a jar or wide-mouth bottle 4, the neck 5 of whichterminates in the rim or enlarged portion 6 at the mouth thereof, toprovide for the annular groove 7.

The closure comprises a cap 8, preferably of integral structure andstamped from sheet metal, adapted to sungly fit over the mouth of thevessel. This cap 8 is hinged to an open ring 9, of spring wire, by meansof the lug or car 10 which is loosely bent around said wire so that thecap 8 is both rotatable and slidable tl1c1'eonthe latter for a purposewhich will be subsequently explained.

Normally, the diameter of the ring 9 is slightly less than the diameterof the annular groove 7, whereby, being of spring Ill Q, it will seatitself firmly in said groove. It will be apparent that in applying thisclosure, it is only necessary to spring the ends of the wire ring apartto an extent sufiicient to permit of the ring passing over the edges ofthe bottle-mouth, when it will spring or snap into place, of itself.

It will be furthermore apparent that I have pro vided a protecting lidor cap which may be without difficulty firmly hinged to. the container,and which will swing entirely free of the mouth thereof whereby itsemployment does not interfere in any way with the removal of a cork orother internal sealing means, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 1. Ialso prefer to construct the cap 8 witha depending lug 1.], oppositelylocated with respect to the lug 10, which is prmidcd with a notch 12adapted, through the resiliency of the material, to spring into thegroove 7 when the lid or cap is closed and latch or clasp said cap inits closed position. 1 may make this latching device more positive, if Idesire, by somewhat increasing the depth of the notch 12 and providing aniche or recess 14, of substantially the same width as the lug 1], inthat portion of the rim 6 above the groove 7. lnas-1nuch as the ring 9is slidablc in the groove 7, and the hinge-lug l0 slidable on the ring,in closing the lid or cap the lug 11 may be readily adjusted so that thenotch 12 will pass down through the recess 14. whereupon, by a slightturn of the cap, the latter is much more securely latched in place. Thisconstruction is shown as a modification in Figs. 4 and 5.

In spite of the fact that on account of the inaccessibility of the wirering 9 when sprung into the groove 7 it is diilicult to manipulate it inany way with either fingers or tools, my closure may readily be removedin its entirety from the container by grasping the 'cap for certainpurposes it may be employed entirely independently. The cap 8 may beimperforate, or provided with an aperture 13, as shown in Fig. 3, forthe reception of a dispensing spoon or ladle.

Many other modifications of my improved closure Will doubtless readilysuggest themselves to those skilled in the art to which it appertains,and I therefore do not limit the scope of my invention to the specificconstruction herein shown and described.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:

1. The combination, with a bottle, jar or the like having an exterior,annular groove at its mouth. of a removable, Open ring of spring wireself-pressed into said groove, and a cap pivoted on said ring andadapted to cover said mouth.

2. A container provided with an exterio'r,aiinul ar groove at its month,an open ring -spring-pressed into said groove, and a cap hinged to saidring and slidable thereon.

3. A container provided with two exterior, annular ribs at its mouthforming a groove therebetween, a removable wire ring in said groove, anda cap pivoted to and slidable on said ring, said cap being provided withsuitable latching means.

4. A container provided with two exterior, annular ribs at its mouthforming, a groove therehetween, a ring in said groove, a cap hinged toand slidable on said ring, and a depending lug on said cap indented tocorrespond with said groove, the uppermost of said ribs having a recessto permit of the passing of the indented portion of said lug.

5. The combination, with a bottle, jar or the like having an exterior,annular groove at its mouth, of an open ring of spring wire self-pressedinto said groove. and a cap secured to said ring and having both pivotaland sliding movement thereon.

In testimony of the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand in thepresence of two witnesses.

JULIUS BRENZINGER.

Witnesses )I. I Dicnnn,

Josnrn I'IGYSEIL

